Chinese Character 擒 Meanings and components.

Form

擒

Meaning

擒 meaning[3] in English

To Capture.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 擒 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and generic term for … (禽)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QOYB

How to write 擒

To write擒qin2to capture you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 禽qin2generic term … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 禽 = 擒

擒 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 擒 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 擒, looks as follow:

擒
Pinyin:qin2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Capture
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
禽
Pinyin:qin2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Generic Term For Birds And Animals . Birds . To Capture (Old)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
离
Pinyin:li2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Mythical Beast (Archaic)
㐫
Pinyin:xiong1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 凶[Xiong1]
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
凶
Pinyin:xiong1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Terrible . Fearful
凵
Pinyin:qian3
Meaning[3]: Receptacle
乂
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Regulate . To Govern . To Control . To Mow
禸
Pinyin:rou2
Meaning[3]: Trample

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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